Characteristics of aspiration pneumonia patients in acute care hospitals: A multicenter, retrospective survey in Northern Japan.
Jun SuzukiRyoukichi IkedaKengo KatoRisako KakutaYuta KobayashiAkira OhkoshiRyo IshiiAi Hirano-KawamotoJun OhtaRei KawataTomonori KanbayashiMasaki HatanoTadahisa ShishidoYuya MiyakuraKento IshigakiYasunari YamauchiMiho NakazumiTakuya EndoHiroki TozukaShiori KitayaYuki NumanoShotaro KoizumiYutaro SaitoMutsuki UnumaKen HashimotoEiichi IshidaToshiaki KikuchiTakayuki KudoKenichi WatanabeMasaki OguraMasaru TatedaTakatsuna SasakiNobuo OhtaTatsuma OkazakiYukio KatoriPublished in: PloS one (2021)
AP accounts for 38.4% of all pneumonia cases in acute care hospitals in Northern Japan. The use of swallowing evaluations and interventions, which may reduce the risk of dysphagia and may associate with lowering mortality in AP patients, is still not widespread.